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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385750

L.B. FOSTER COMPANY

Event
Automatic Machine, Crushed, Fracture, Hand, Railroad
NAICS
334290
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345499826
Employer profile
L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
Summary number
221385750
Report ID
0522300

Event description

Employee fractures hand when crushed by work piece exiting m

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on August 13, 2021, an employee was operating a Bar Saw/Drill combo machine used in the manufacturing of railroad signaling equipment. The employee's left hand was crushed by a work piece as it exited the machine, resulting in a fracture injury. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the injury.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    779

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